HARRY Forrester stepped up his return from injury with a run-out for the development squad in this afternoon's game with Nike Academy.

The Brentford winger has been sidelined with a thigh problem, but is back in full training and played an hour of the 7-0 thrashing, with former QPR striker Antonio German smashing a second-half hat-trick.

Fellow first-teamers Craig Woodman , Jake Reeves and Pim Balkestein also got valuable minutes under their belts ahead of a hectic schedule of EIGHT games in March.